University of Connecticut
Leadership Office
Leadership Legacy Speaker Series
Presents
Your Brain Onscreen: Reading, Thinking, Knowing
with Dr. Naomi Baron
Monday, April 11th, 2016, 6:30pm
Dodd Center Konover Auditorium
Storrs, CT
The University of Connecticut’s Leadership Legacy Experience is pleased to host Dr. Naomi Baron, author of Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World and Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World, for a discussion on how the human brain adapts (or not) to the use of technology and the impact that technology has on our ability to comprehend and store information. In a world increasingly driven by technology and the prevalence of mobile devices, e-readers, and the internet in our consumption of information, Baron has studied the ways that reading, thinking, and knowing are potentially evolving.
Baron is the Executive Director of the Center for Teaching, Research and Learning and Professor of Linguistics at American University in Washington, DC. Professor Baron has appeared extensively in the media, including interviews on Good Morning America, CNN, All Things Considered, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chronicle of Higher Education, New Yorker, and Time.
Admission to this event is free. All members of the community are welcome to attend.
The event will be followed by an informal book signing. The UConn Co-Op will be on hand with copies of Dr. Baron’s books for purchase.
For accommodations, please contact Krista O’Brien at studentleadership@uconn.edu
For information on the event and the Leadership Legacy Experience, visit leadershiplegacy.uconn.edu
For more information, contact: Leadership Office at studentleadership@uconn.edu